The dampness is on the roof terrace exit, the exit from the stairwell, there
are no windows and I have used silicon sealant around the door.
It appears to seep in from one side only and from about ground level to
approx 2 feet above, there does not appear to be any seepage from the roof
of the stairwell down.
The wall is single skin using a type of honeycomb brick between concrete
pillars and then skimmed over. I would reckon the wall is approx 7 inches
thick.

I presume if I sealed the wall on the outside then it could breath on the
inside if this was untreated. The wet Winter is only about 3 months and then
there is intense heat for the Summer months, with 2.5 months no rain at all.

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On Jul 25, 3:24 am, "S S" wrote:
I have an apartment in Turkey, there is one wall that takes a hammering
over
the wet winter months, the wall is currently painted externally and
internally and is not on the ground floor, When I go out in spring there
is
a little `dampness` on the inside of that wall, normal for turkish builds
and easily sorted with a quick scrape and a new coat of paint.
However I would like to at least improve the situation and even better if
I
could solve it by trying to coat the wall with something to seal it.

Any ideas?

thanks.

I would be cautious about sealing the wall.
It sounds like you may have a masonry wall.
( Telling us the materials and thickness would be a great help.)
Many such walls can take in a lot of moisture which eventually is
released.
If moisture were to get into such a wall at some joint such as a
window frame connection...
A surface seal would hold the moisture in the wall with a number of
possible bad results.
T